Hormonal Balance Insights
Anna highlights the significant hormonal shifts women experience during perimenopause, particularly the drastic drop in progesterone and its impact on various symptoms such as mood swings and sleep disturbances. She emphasizes the critical role of estrogen in brain function and glucose metabolism, suggesting that many of these issues stem from a fuel problem rather than solely hormonal imbalance. Incorporating lifestyle changes and possibly bioidentical hormones can help alleviate these symptoms and stabilize hormonal levels.In this clip
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Nutrition for Optimal Hormones, Sex and Aging With Dr. Anna Cabeca
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If a newly menopausal woman switches from oral contraceptive pills to menopausal estradiol and micronized progesterone, how would that help with symptoms such as brain fog and irritability that she is currently experiencing on her OCP?
What are clear signs and symptoms that indicate perimenopause, and would estrogen and progesterone be helpful to take?
What are the physiological changes in women as they go through menopause?